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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)*

Prostate Cancer Screening

A digital rectal exam is an exam in which a doctor, nurse, or other health professional places a gloved finger into the rectum to feel the size,
shape, and hardness of the prostate gland. Have you ever had a digital rectal exam?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,210 3,429 79.0 77.4-80.6 781 21.0 19.4-22.6
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 175 137 77.1 68.0-84.2 38 22.9 15.8-32.0
RACE
White 161 130 78.2 68.8-85.4 31 21.8 14.6-31.2
Other 14 7 62.0 28.5-87.0 7 38.0 13.0-71.5
AGE
18-44 9 3 26.4 6.3-65.7 6 73.6 34.3-93.7
45+ 166 134 82.7 74.3-88.8 32 17.3 11.2-25.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 85 61 67.8 53.2-79.6 24 32.2 20.4-46.8
Some College + 89 75 84.9 73.0-92.2 14 15.1 7.8-27.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 113 90 77.0 65.0-85.9 23 23.0 14.1-35.0
$50,000+ 43 35 82.1 63.6-92.3 8 17.9 7.7-36.4

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* This question was asked only of male respondents who reported being age 40 and older.

^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.


*Mountain AHEC: Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

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